Strobe Tuning

For years I’ve known about strobe tuning, specifically hearing about bench top Peterson Strobe Tuners, but I’ve personally never used one or used tuner with that mode. Frankly, because I never understood how it worked. I know watching guitar techs at shows, that they all have strobe tuners on their benches, and it’s the best of the best when coming to tuning. Last week I also mentioned the 432Hz tuning and how the Strobostomp (Peterson VSS-C Strobo Series Tuner) is capable of this. But how does a strobe tuner work? What’s good about a strobe tuner in relation to standard tuners? I was excited when I saw this video by Peterson Tuners:

I was super surprised by the ‘simplicity’ of the technology behind it WHILE maintaining a high level of accuracy. This has definitely piques my interest in owning one. I don’t think I need a strobe for the board, but I would love to have one for my work bench while working on intonation or general guitar maintenance.

If you own a strobe tuner, let me know what you think about them by commenting below!